When conducting an assessment with a child with suspected childhood apraxia of speech, it would be particularly important to assess:

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Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is primarily a motor speech disorder affecting the precision and consistency of speech movements. Assessing lexical stress in polysyllables containing a variety of stress patterns is crucial because children with CAS often have difficulty with the rhythm and prosody of speech, which includes challenges with stress patterns in longer words. This assessment helps in identifying the specific speech production issues related to motor planning and execution, which are characteristic of CAS.

When Conducting an Assessment with a Child with Suspected Childhood